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HARUN YAHYA

Generally agreed to date back to 9,000 BCE, Catal Huyuk is described as
one of the first cities known to history. Its first discoveries initiated great debates
in the world of archaeology, proving the invalidity of evolutionist claims once
again. The archaeologist James Mellart describes how the advanced state of the
region quite amazed him:
The amount of technological specialization at Catal Huyuk is one of the striking
features in this highly developed society which was obviously in the vanguard of
Neolithic progress . . . How for example, did they polish a mirror of obsidian, a

hard volcanic glass, without scratching it and how did they drill holes through
stone beads (including obsidian), holes so small that no find modern steel nee-
dle can penetrate? When and where did they learn to smelt copper and
lead...? 16
These findings showed that the inhabitants of Catal Huyuk possessed an un-
derstanding of urban life, were capable of planning, design and calculation, and
that their artistic understanding was far more advanced than had been thought.
Professor Ian Hodder, current leader of the excavation team, states that these
findings obtained totally invalidate evolutionist claims. He says that they have un-
earthed an astonishing art whose origins were unclear and notes that it was very
difficult to account for the geographical position of Catal Huyuk—which, accord-
ing to Hodder, has no direct geographical link to areas known to be settled at the
time. The frescoes discovered are very advanced for the period. He says that
after enquiring why and how these people attained such an elevated artistic level,
the real question is how the group of people achieved such a stunning cultural
success. So far as we know, he says, there was no evolution in the cultural devel-
opment achieved at Catal Huyuk, where such major works of art emerged spon-
taneously and from nothing. 17

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